I was skimming over "The Tempest", and thought to myself, wow these people had a sick sense of humor. Now it's no "American Psycho" funny, but maybe for the time period it was, I dunno. So let's jump into Yachnin and this whole idea of political obedience and Gonzalo. "Gonzalo's obedience to his master( even though it has entailed Prospero's suffering and near death) is praiseworthy because political obedience guarantees the stability of government". We are living in a time of poletical obedience, and we in certain ways are Gonzalo. It makes sense that Shakespeare would have done this, I mean you're not going to advocate disobedience on such a popular level. Look today, how far we haven't grown. We are still in this mode of being political obedient on the popular level. This reading brought a new dimension to the story to myself, but it brought the realization how we are still a controlled group of little puppies too afraid to bite back. Now I am a little sad, disappointed. Wah on me. Viva la revolution.